The imperial fortress Eri’s expedition had purposefully sailed to and then subsequently rescued was officially designated by the Kaldreach Coalition as the Outer Logistical Fort. As the name implied, the logistical outpost was built upon an island which lay within the outer perimeters of the oceanic West. In a sense, it sat at the ‘mouth’ of the Slaver Isles — not yet within the hotly contested territories of Pirate Lords, but close enough that pirate ships would sometimes pass it by.It was one of the first islands captured by the Kaldreach Coalition a few years back, once they finally fought their way off the Northwestern coasts of Thalmyra. The island was of significant size and possessed a large and relatively defensible bay. Hence, a naval logistical outpost was constructed upon it — complete with a shipyard, fortress, and massive store of supplies — to act as an invasion jumping-off point for any of the coalition forces. Once the outpost served its purpose and most of the coalition’s ships entered the heart of the Slaver Isles, a small imperial presence was left on the island to both defend it and periodically send supplies to the other inner outposts as necessary.As the years went by, less and less information from the inner seas made its way to the outpost. Pirate attacks became increasingly frequent, and slowly, the imperial force protecting the island was whittled down. What few ships it had were destroyed. Soldiers died with no replacement in sight. Supplies dwindled.Despite the ordeals it faced, the outpost was not completely diminished — artillery shells were plentiful, and the fortress was built to last — but it was obvious that the imperial forces on the island were already stretched thin and abused (...)